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CAST · WAKE UP DEAD MAN A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

25,478

across full runtime

Named matches

15

actors identified

Close-up shots

28.1%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

6.3%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

83%

17%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 29%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

James Faulkner

85% non-neutral

Lead screen share

30%

15 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

6.3%

1,613 frames

Surprise

6.5%

1,644 frames

Neutral

29.3%

7,463 frames

Fear

12.5%

3,179 frames

Sad

22.4%

5,696 frames

Angry

19.7%

5,015 frames

Disgust

3.4%

868 frames

Screen time by actor

15 named · 119m tracked of 146.3m

01

Josh O'Connor

as Fr. Jud Duplenticy · 5141 scenes

35.7min · 30% of cast

neutral

02

Daniel Craig

as Benoit Blanc · 3505 scenes

24.3min · 20% of cast

angry

03

Glenn Close

as Martha Delacroix · 1841 scenes

12.8min · 11% of cast

sad

04

Josh Brolin

as Mons. Jefferson Wicks · 1028 scenes

7.1min · 6% of cast

angry

05

Jeremy Renner

as Dr. Nat Sharp · 927 scenes

6.4min · 5% of cast

sad

06

Daryl McCormack

as Cy Draven · 918 scenes

6.4min · 5% of cast

angry

07

Andrew Scott

as Lee Ross · 902 scenes

6.3min · 5% of cast

angry

08

Kerry Washington

as Vera Draven, Esq. · 893 scenes

6.2min · 5% of cast

sad

09

Cailee Spaeny

as Simone Vivane · 676 scenes

4.7min · 4% of cast

sad

10

Mila Kunis

as Chief Geraldine Scott · 655 scenes

4.5min · 4% of cast

sad

11

Jeffrey Wright

as Bp. Langstrom · 276 scenes

1.9min · 2% of cast

angry

12

Thomas Haden Church

as Samson Holt · 200 scenes

1.4min · 1% of cast

angry

13

James Faulkner

as Rev. Prentice Wicks · 89 scenes

0.6min · 1% of cast

angry

14

Annie Hamilton

as Grace Wicks · 65 scenes

0.5min · 0% of cast

fear

15

Bridget Everett

as Louise · 33 scenes

0.2min · 0% of cast

sad

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Josh O'Connor as Fr. Jud Duplenticy	4,339	192.5	33.5%
Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc	2,508	181	19.4%
Glenn Close as Martha Delacroix	1,267	135	9.8%
Josh Brolin as Mons. Jefferson Wicks	1,223	168.2	9.4%
Mila Kunis as Chief Geraldine Scott	945	225	7.3%
Daryl McCormack as Cy Draven	702	231.6	5.4%
Andrew Scott as Lee Ross	463	221.2	3.6%
Kerry Washington as Vera Draven, Esq.	436	170.5	3.4%
Jeffrey Wright as Bp. Langstrom	369	203.2	2.9%
Jeremy Renner as Dr. Nat Sharp	220	242.2	1.7%
Cailee Spaeny as Simone Vivane	218	224.9	1.7%
Thomas Haden Church as Samson Holt	138	177.2	1.1%
James Faulkner as Rev. Prentice Wicks	78	91.2	0.6%
Unidentified speakers	36	—	0.3%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

FJ

Josh O'Connor

AS FR. JUD DUPLENTICY

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

35m 42s

Scenes

5141

First seen

0:45

Last seen

138:18

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

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11%

Happy

12%

Surprise

28%

Neutral

5%

Fear

25%

Sad

14%

Angry

5%

Disgust

BB

Daniel Craig

AS BENOIT BLANC

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

24m 20s

Scenes

3505

First seen

0:29

Last seen

138:14

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

7%

Happy

4%

Surprise

11%

Neutral

8%

Fear

29%

Sad

40%

Angry

2%

Disgust

MD

Glenn Close

AS MARTHA DELACROIX

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

12m 47s

Scenes

1841

First seen

4:49

Last seen

138:21

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

5%

Happy

5%

Surprise

12%

Neutral

13%

Fear

53%

Sad

5%

Angry

6%

Disgust

MJ

Josh Brolin

AS MONS. JEFFERSON WICKS

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

7m 08s

Scenes

1028

First seen

4:32

Last seen

124:20

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

14%

Happy

4%

Surprise

7%

Neutral

3%

Fear

11%

Sad

53%

Angry

10%

Disgust

DN

Jeremy Renner

AS DR. NAT SHARP

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

6m 26s

Scenes

927

First seen

14:55

Last seen

138:32

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

4%

Happy

7%

Surprise

26%

Neutral

8%

Fear

45%

Sad

8%

Angry

2%

Disgust

CD

Daryl McCormack

AS CY DRAVEN

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

6m 23s

Scenes

918

First seen

14:55

Last seen

138:47

Volatility

40 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

2%

Happy

8%

Surprise

26%

Neutral

9%

Fear

8%

Sad

41%

Angry

6%

Disgust

LR

Andrew Scott

AS LEE ROSS

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

6m 16s

Scenes

902

First seen

14:55

Last seen

138:39

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

3%

Happy

5%

Surprise

11%

Neutral

6%

Fear

10%

Sad

59%

Angry

6%

Disgust

VD

Kerry Washington

AS VERA DRAVEN, ESQ.

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

6m 12s

Scenes

893

First seen

14:55

Last seen

138:35

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

11%

Happy

3%

Surprise

24%

Neutral

8%

Fear

43%

Sad

5%

Angry

8%

Disgust

SV

Cailee Spaeny

AS SIMONE VIVANE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

4m 41s

Scenes

676

First seen

14:55

Last seen

134:22

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

13%

Happy

2%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

12%

Fear

34%

Sad

22%

Angry

3%

Disgust

CG

Mila Kunis

AS CHIEF GERALDINE SCOTT

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

4m 33s

Scenes

655

First seen

36:52

Last seen

138:25

Volatility

42 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

1%

Happy

2%

Surprise

29%

Neutral

14%

Fear

30%

Sad

19%

Angry

5%

Disgust

BL

Jeffrey Wright

AS BP. LANGSTROM

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 55s

Scenes

276

First seen

1:19

Last seen

138:54

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

9%

Neutral

2%

Fear

16%

Sad

69%

Angry

4%

Disgust

SH

Thomas Haden Church

AS SAMSON HOLT

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 23s

Scenes

200

First seen

8:09

Last seen

128:08

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

1%

Happy

2%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

10%

Fear

34%

Sad

41%

Angry

1%

Disgust

RP

James Faulkner

AS REV. PRENTICE WICKS

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 37s

Scenes

89

First seen

10:40

Last seen

138:57

Volatility

46 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0036m73m109m146.3m

5%

Happy

1%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

26%

Fear

17%

Sad

37%

Angry

5%

Disgust

GW

Annie Hamilton

AS GRACE WICKS

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

0m 27s

Scenes

65

First seen

10:49

Last seen

131:24

Too few detections for emotion analysis

L

Bridget Everett

AS LOUISE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 14s

Scenes

33

First seen

83:16

Last seen

86:04

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 14 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

O'Connor 32.0%

Craig 19.7%

Close 13.3%

Brolin 10.3%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 8 ensemble

0:0036:3573:09109:44146:18

runtime

Josh O'Connor

0:39enter

Mila Kunis

1:08enter

Jeffrey Wright

1:17enter

Josh Brolin

4:34enter

Glenn Close

4:49enter

Thomas Haden Church

8:05enter

James Faulkner

10:34enter

Kerry Washington

15:08enter

Daryl McCormack

15:34enter

Jeremy Renner

17:50enter

Andrew Scott

18:51enter

Cailee Spaeny

19:55enter

Daniel Craig

39:24enter

SPEAKER 25

96:34enter

Josh O'ConnorSPEAKER 18

Rapid exchange

32.0%

of all dialogue · 4,339 words · 22:33 spoken

WPM192.5

Turns843

Avg turn1.5s

Longest16.8s

enters at 0:39profanity 8

Daniel CraigSPEAKER 13

Rapid exchange

19.7%

of all dialogue · 2,508 words · 13:52 spoken

WPM181

Turns522

Avg turn1.6s

Longest16.1s

enters at 39:24profanity 1

Glenn CloseSPEAKER 03

Rapid exchange

13.3%

of all dialogue · 1,267 words · 9:23 spoken

WPM135

Turns399

Avg turn1.3s

Longest16.7s

enters at 4:49profanity 5

Josh BrolinSPEAKER 10

Rapid exchange

10.3%

of all dialogue · 1,223 words · 7:16 spoken

WPM168.2

Turns229

Avg turn1.9s

Longest12.2s

enters at 4:34profanity 2

Mila KunisSPEAKER 28

Rapid exchange

6.0%

of all dialogue · 945 words · 4:12 spoken

WPM225

Turns156

Avg turn1.7s

Longest17.2s

enters at 1:08profanity 4

Daryl McCormackSPEAKER 02

Conversational

4.3%

of all dialogue · 702 words · 3:02 spoken

WPM231.6

Turns101

Avg turn1.9s

Longest11.0s

enters at 15:34profanity 1

Andrew ScottSPEAKER 17

Brief

3.0%

of all dialogue · 463 words · 2:06 spoken

WPM221.2

Turns63

Avg turn2.2s

Longest14.6s

enters at 18:51profanity 5

Kerry WashingtonSPEAKER 22

Brief

3.6%

of all dialogue · 436 words · 2:33 spoken

WPM170.5

Turns76

Avg turn2.0s

Longest11.1s

enters at 15:08profanity 7

Jeffrey WrightSPEAKER 24

Brief

2.6%

of all dialogue · 369 words · 1:49 spoken

WPM203.2

Turns75

Avg turn1.6s

Longest9.1s

enters at 1:17profanity 4

Jeremy RennerSPEAKER 08

Rapid exchange

1.3%

of all dialogue · 220 words · 0:55 spoken

WPM242.2

Turns159

Avg turn1.4s

Longest7.0s

enters at 17:50profanity 3

Cailee SpaenySPEAKER 20

Brief

1.4%

of all dialogue · 218 words · 0:58 spoken

WPM224.9

Turns52

Avg turn1.1s

Longest5.6s

enters at 19:55profanity 6

Thomas Haden ChurchSPEAKER 06

Brief

1.1%

of all dialogue · 138 words · 0:47 spoken

WPM177.2

Turns38

Avg turn0.9s

Longest2.8s

enters at 8:05profanity 2

James FaulknerSPEAKER 07

Brief

1.2%

of all dialogue · 78 words · 0:51 spoken

WPM91.2

Turns52

Avg turn0.7s

Longest3.5s

enters at 10:34profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 25 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 36 words · 0:11 spoken

WPM206.5

Turns9

Avg turn1.2s

Longest3.2s

enters at 96:34profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 15 unique characters · 25,478 faces detected · 15 named matches · 119m screen-time tracked